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...internal dispute of the PLO has thrown the fattest twist into Lebanon's now standard turmoil, and has already claimed at least 250 lives--many of them civilian. Backed by Syria, Palestinians opposing Yasser Arafat have pushed the guerrilla leader to his last stronghold outside Tripoli...
Along the campaign trail, King has made some major and minor political gaffes, all of which have drawn attention away from Flynn's positions. King told a group of Jewish leaders, for instance, that he would welcome embattled PLO leader Yasser Arafat to Boston "with open arms" if he recognized Israel's right to exist. After the comment drew harsh criticism from the Jewish community, King swallowed his whole leg by trying to extricate himself from the situation...
...Israeli target was the headquarters of pro-Syrian factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization that oppose the leadership of Chairman Yasser Arafat. Throughout the week, in fierce exchanges between Arafat supporters and Syrian-backed rebel groups led by Abu Mousa and Ahmed Jabril, 240 people were killed and 550 wounded in two Palestinian refugee camps outside the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli. Arafat, who had been in the Tripoli area for several weeks with an estimated 8,000 troops loyal to him, accused Syria of massing 25,000 men and heavy armaments around the camps. He told a Beirut...
...from Syria, the Druze promptly trounced the Phalangists and appeared to threaten the Lebanese Army's hold on its own capital. The Druze have enjoyed the support of as many as 2,000 Palestinian guerrillas, some from the various Palestinian groups that are opposed to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat and some from other Palestinian units under Syrian control. Two weeks ago Arafat showed up in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, and last week he tried to enhance his weakened position within the PL.O. by announcing that Palestinians had joined the fighting in the mountains as part...
Though the Lebanese claims were presumably exaggerated for propaganda reasons, Western diplomats believe that Syria has allowed between 1,000 and 1,500 Palestinians, many of them loyal to Syrian-based Palestinian Rebel Leader Said Mousa, to join the fighting. P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat arrived unexpectedly in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli late last week, perhaps because of his concern over the growing involvement of various Palestinian factions...